Monthly Archives: January 2012

I had a really busy day today. I know I say that all the time, but it’s true. Lots of running from here to there and so forth. It’s partly because more and more things just seem to fall out … Continue reading →

I had a travel day today, up to Omaha for Annie’s baptism on Saturday, so I’m a bit tired. I promise I’ll get back to that picture showing the old stadium next week but I can’t find what I need … Continue reading →

One of the Texas National Guard aerial photos gives us a beautiful look at the old old stadium–that is, the old stadium before it was expanded in 1938. Just to be clear, I don’t mean the very first stadium (such … Continue reading →

I’ve been spending much time in recent months thinking about the 1930s at Rice (hence my delight in all those Maxwell Reade photographs). It was a difficult time, what with the Great Depression and all that entailed. Enrollment growth ended … Continue reading →

This is a post about a tree on the quad that is NOT an Italian cypress. We were refiling some pictures this morning and I took notice of this one, dated 1917, for the first time: I was first taken … Continue reading →

Here’s another startling discovery from the Baker College scrapbooks, circa 1975: Clearly a retreat of some sort, at someone’s ranch. It’s hard to believe that intelligent Rice students would be brandishing cow patties for the camera but this seems to … Continue reading →